DIY Paper Bows (No Template)
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DIY Paper Bows.
Today I wanted to show you how to make these cute diy paper bows that you can use to decorate any origami gift boxes you may make.
I made these using a template I sketched out but if this isn't something you feel confident doing you can use my DIY Bow Template.
Supplies:
Scrapbook Paper
Printer Paper
Pencil
Something Round to draw around
How To Make Paper Bows.
1. Sketch out your template.
To make the bow start by drawing two circles. Join them together in the middle and add a tail at each end.
2. To make the base of your bow draw another two circles but this time you need to make them slightly closer together. Join them in the middle again like in the photo above.
Make sure the middle parts of each piece are roughly the same size so when you glue them together they will fit nicely together and not stick out.
3. This is the part where you might need to do some tweaking.
To make sure your pieces are evenly matched fold them in half, trace around the edge and trim away any excess.
4. To finish the base piece of your bow, fold it in half again and this time cut a 'V' shape into the end.
5. Once you're happy with your paper template trace around it onto some thick cardstock and cut it out.
6. Take your scrapbook paper (this is great for using up all those leftover pieces from other projects) and trace around your templates.
7. Cut out all your pieces.
Making The Bow.
1. Take the bigger piece (the piece with the tails), lay it pattern side down and fold the ends in. Secure with some double-sided tape.
2. To finish the bow I used some thin strips of paper I had left over, stuck some more double-sided tape to the back of the strip and wrapped it around to hold the two pieces together.
6. Attach your finished bow to an origami gift box or bag.
I really love how these turned out and the great thing about them is there are so many ways you could use them.
You could string them together to make a pretty garland, add some ribbon to the top of each one and hang from your tree or even press them flat and use them to embellish cards or scrapbook pages.
